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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885Related quotes
“Why do you lack the strength to escape the obligation to breathe?”
Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
“Though strength be lacking, yet the will is to be praised.”
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
Ovid book Epistulae ex Ponto
III, iv, 79
Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters From the Black Sea)
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.”
Alain Badiou (1937) French writer and philosopher
Source: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
“Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Source: See You at the Top
Carlos Gershenson (1978) Mexican researcher
Chorninky Notes (January 2010 - )
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Egyptian high priest, Book X, line 90
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Context: A slave's soul has no worth, my brothers; it lacks strength
to tread on this great earth with gallantry and freedom.
I pity the poor slaves, they're nought but airy mist,
a light breeze scatters them, a fragrance knocks them down;
it's only just they crawl on the earth on hands and knees.
Today I'll write a hymn to God and pray for this great grace.
Albert Bandura Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency
[Albert Bandura, 1982, Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency, American Psychologist, 37, 2, 122-147, 10.1037/0003-066X.37.2.122, 0003-066X] (p. 127)
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O tédio é a falta de uma mitologia. A quem não tem crenças, até a dúvida é impossível, até o cepticismo não tem força para desconfiar.